Art

Later this week, Casa Batlló will unveil Sofia Crespo’s Structures of Being — an AI-powered audiovisual show that will transform the façades of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.Located in the heart of Barcelona, the Casa Batlló is widely considered one of Antoni Gaudí’s architectural masterpieces. Crespo will be the second-ever artist to reimagine the iconic house — with the first being Refik Anadol who unveiled his Living Architecture event back on the site back in 2023.For Structures of Being, Crespo will be reinterpreting the building’s exteriors with AI. The AI had been trained with Gaudí’s works as well as the library of natural forms that the architect often incorporates in his designs. According to the official press release, the resulting visuals will be a “contemplative exploration ...

ART SG, the international art fair, has made a grand return for its second edition at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, nestled in the heart of Singapore at Marina Bay Sands. Scheduled from January 19-21 2024, the latest edition promises a captivating showcase with over 110 galleries hailing from 33 countries and territories, presenting the epitome of contemporary art practice. The event kicked off with a VIP Preview and Vernissage on January 18, offering a glimpse into the diverse world of art. The fair goes beyond conventional boundaries, featuring curated gallery presentations, ambitious large-scale installations, insightful conversations, a compelling film program, and expansive city-wide activations. In collaboration with Singapore Art Week, the city's annual celebration of visual...

New York artist Jingyi Wang unveils her latest exhibition, 'TIME TUNNEL,' at VLAB, featuring unseen works from January 16 to February 16, 2024. Wang's oil paintings intricately explore the interplay between nature and culture, utilizing cacti-human figures to symbolize life's delicate balance of fragility and strength.The exhibit's focal point is the nostalgic 'Time Travel' painting, transporting viewers back to 1994 with three generations against a hometown memory backdrop. Wang's poignant expression captures a yearning for familial warmth, encapsulated in a cactus paradise.Beyond familial themes, Wang draws inspiration from everyday life. 'WeChat Video Call' provides a glimpse into virtual exploration with her mother, while 'Hide' illustrates the beauty of childhood through balloons and ...

Onassis ONX is a New York-based studio that specializes in championing immersive XR and AI artworks. On view now at its Manhattan space is a new exhibition titled All Will Be Considered, featuring seven works from artists Ashley Zelinskie, Jeremy Kamal, Kevin Peter He, Marc Da Costa, Miriam Simun and Peter Burr.Although diverse in their distinctive practices, each of the six figures are united in their approach to using AI, sound and technological methods to create existential meditations on themes pertaining science fiction, identity and isolation. “The inaugural Onassis ONX Winter exhibition, All Will be Considered, represents some of the strongest work coming out of the Onassis ONX membership," said Onassis Foundation Director of Digital and Innovation, Prodromos Tsiavos, in a statement...

While usually known for his cheeky wordplay and sometimes nonsensical visual pairings, David Shrigley's latest exhibition is a noticeable departure. Little illustrations and messages are still there, but instead of a print or painting, the British artist has used the fluorescent surface of a tennis ball to invite audiences into Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) to trade in their own for one on display. The Melbourne Tennis Ball Exchange comprises of 8,000 such objects that Shrigley lined up to represent an ever-changing artwork. At the core of the show is the aim to spotlight the joys that can be had while trading everyday goods. Shrigley was first inspired by his own dog, who "loves tennis balls," he said in a statement. "Dogs and human beings have different relationships to ...

French gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin will open a new space in the heart of Los Angeles during the forthcoming Frieze art fair next month. Located in Mid-City and housed in a historic 1930s building, Perrotin LA will boast a total of 10,000 square feet between the main gallery and the adjacent office, which was reconverted from an old comedy club. The latest space joins its flagships in Paris and New York, as well as locations in Dubai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo. "Los Angeles offers an extremely interesting and diverse cultural scene, with a unique network of artists, museums, collectors and art lovers," noted the gallery's founder in a statement. "Here, art is central to the city's identity, and it is present across various industries. I am happy to settle on the West Coast with a very tale...

Kristy Moreno is a Mexican-American artist based in Los Angeles who specializes in creating intricate ceramic sculptures that comment on both her Latinx experience, as well as alluding to a fictional decolonized world that is free of systemic injustices. Born in Inglewood and having moved down south to Orange County, Moreno's aesthetic is informed by her personal history, as well as the visual lexicon that has come to define Southern California. The Company We Keep is the artist's first solo show with LA-based gallery OCHI and comprises of a series of hand-made sculptures that blend SoCal Latinx culture with the fashion sensibilities of the 1990s girl power movement. Each ceramic vessel and wall work is made of clay and depicts female protagonists that express an air of confidence. Moreno'...

Do you remember that promo Pikachu card that caused a riot at the Van Gogh Museum? Well, it's about to be back in shop with tightened security to celebrate a series of Pokémon-related events at the Amsterdam-based institution this March. The card featured Pikachu in Van Gogh's signature impressionistic style, while wearing a grey felt hat. As with the initial craze surrounding Pokémania in the '90s, the museum saw hoards of people rush to buy all the merch available when it first dropped last September. Previous reports state that the cards were instantly listed on e-commerce sites like eBay for upwards of $600 USD at the time of writing, but has since dropped to roughly half that cost today. View this post on InstagramA post shared by PM1 (@pm1.tcg)In addition to the Van Gogh museum shop...

Hauser & Wirth is selling a new print by the late American artist Mike Kelley from his quixotic Kandors series. Created between 1999 until the artist's death in 2011, Kandor refers to the fictional home city of Superman, which was spared upon Krypton's destruction from the comic's chief villain, Brainiac.The American artist used Kandor as a reference point to create sculptures and installations that reflect on opulence, loss and power. The Untitled photo reflective artwork changes as the viewer moves around the piece and features a magnified depiction of one of Kelley's Lenticular sculptures. Surrounding the subject are plumes of smoke that are colored to create a dramatic comic-like feel. Throughout his practice, Kelley observed that the depictions of Kandor were often inconsistent an...

Kid Cudi commemorated the release of his latest album INSANO with installations of massive sculptures in Paris and Los Angeles.The statues of Cudder stood at approximately 33 feet tall, with red-purple lights blaring out of his eyes and a small spotlight out of his mouth. The sculpture situated in Paris played tracks off INSANO, which released on Friday, January 12, while the one in Los Angeles sailed around the Long Beach shoreline, Redondo Beach, Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica and Malibu; it was also "parked" in Alamitos Bay, Redondo Pier and Malibu Pier while it wasn't sailing.Cudi's INSANO marks his first full-length effort since 2022 and featured collaborations with DJ Drama, Travis Scott, Pharrell, A$AP Rocky, Lil Yachty, the late XXXTentacion and Young Thug, plus production work from ...

In anticipation of his upcoming museum, DATALAND, Turkish new media artist Refik Anadol will unveil the world’s first open-source generative AI-model dedicated to nature. Entitled Large Nature Model, the initiative will feature AI learning model's that source its data solely on "nature's inherent intelligence," according to a release, as opposed to human intellect that most current models rely on. The installation will inaugurate at the 54th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), which will be held next week, from January 15 to 19, in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. At the core of the project is an aim to realign society's perception and engagement with the natural world. Anadol programmed Large Nature Model to use information available from a number of revered institutions, including the Smithso...